Wilt thou meet me in the Fairy Dell, love (3 vs. and chor.) Music had of O. Ditson and C. C. Clapp; publ. Andrews; with Astley's imprint added. T. o. border. 25 x 15 cm.
Hand colored pink on cheeks., Cased photographs retrospective conversion project., Pad: Dark red velvet with fancy border. Embossed in center Reimer's Gallery 397 N. 2nd St., ab Green Philadelphia., Mat: Oval., Case: Leather: Geometric design within a quatrefoil. Scroll work all around. Same design on verso.
Creator
Reimer, Benjamin, 1826-1899, photographer.
Date
ca. 1854
Location
Library Company of Philadelphia | Print Department Cased photos [P.8896.2]
The crusty fellow of the valentine stands facing a flight of stairs. He holds an umbrella and wears a hat. He grimaces and has large, pointed features., Text: You're always full of dumps and vapors, / And playing off your crabbed capers; / I'd die a maiden old and fusty, / Ere I would wed a man so crusty., Provenance: McAllister, John A. (John Allister), 1822-1896, collector.
Wear the old Fly Market, not a long time ago (6 vs. and chor.), Variant: a. A-J border. 20.2 x 13.5 cm. (cropped), Variant: b. Title: "The Dogs'-Meat Man"; As Sung by Tony Pastor; [publ.] De Marsan (2). De Marsan Yankee Pedlar border, col.; cop: 1860, H. De Marsan, SDN.Y. 24.7 x 17 cm.
William Murchison, born ca. 1824 in Pennsylvania, worked as a lithographer in Philadelphia during the 1850s, including at the firm of P. S. Duval 1856-1859. Listed in the 1850 census as a lithographer, he resided with his parents, shoemaker John Murchison (ca, 1790) and Hannah (b. ca. 1799) in the Dock Ward. During his tenure at Duval, Murchison resided in Center City at 3 Southhampton Court (near Spruce Street), 166 North Tenth Street, and 1020 Morgan Street (below Vine Street)., Possibly the William W. Murchison who worked for Breuker & Kessler.
Date
b. ca. 1824
Location
Philadelphia on Stone Biographical Dictionary of Lithographers
Large circular for envelopes, writing papers, and other stationery., Provenance: Gift of David Doret, 2007., Provenance: Advertisements in the collection were sent by various manufacturers to John C. Clark & Sons, a Philadelphia stationery firm.
Hark! to the shrill trumpet calling (3 vs.), Variant: a. [Without "The" in title and exclamation point in first line;] publ. Auner (3). A-J border. 23.5 x 14.6 cm., Variant: b. Publ. Auner (5). A-J border. 23.7 x 15.4 Cm., Variant: c. A-J border; eagle. 20.2 x 12.7 cm. (cropped), Variant: d. Publ. De Marsan (3). De Marsan eagle border, col. 25.5 x 16.3 cm., Variant: e. [Without "The" in title;] publ. Johnson (2). A-J border; angel blowing trumpet, with globe, flags and eagle. 24.3 x 16 cm., Variant: f. As taught by T. Myers, the Blind Teacher; publ. Johnson (2); adv: Prof. Brooks' Ball Room Monitor. A-J border. 24.5 x 16 cm., Variant: g. Title: "The Officer's Funeral"[on two lines]; publ. Johnson (2); adv: Cards, Circulars, Bill-Heads, etc. A-J border. 22.3 x 15 cm., Variant: h. [Title as above, on three lines.] A-J border. 20.1 x 12.6 cm. (cropped), Variant: i. Title: "The Officer's Funeral;" adv: Ten illustrated Songs; publ. Magnus (1). Hdpc. Magnus 61; blue ink; 20.3 x 12.5 cm.
When first I arrived in America's town (6 vs.) As sung by Wm. O'Neal, at the American Concert Hall, 444 Broadway; sheet no. 748., Variant: a. Publ. Wrigley (1). Wrigley kissing cupids border. 24 x 15 cm., Variant: b. Publ. Wrigley (3). Wrigley military cupid border. 23.3 x 15.1 cm.
Ye daughters of Old Ireland (5 vs.) Air.—"The Yankee Man of War." Composed by Arthur McCann., Variant: a. Publ. Auner. A-J border. 20.7 x 13.1 cm., Variant: b. With "Volunteers" in title; advs: "Pennsylvania Battle Cry", and New Songs [publ.] Johnson (2). 23.3 x 16.2 cm., Variant: c. Title as above with "McCann" spelled "M'Cann"; advs: "Pennsylvania Battle Cry", and Cards, Bill Heads, Circulars, etc. [publ.] Johnson (2). 20.2 x 13.1 cm., Variant: d. Copyright Secured. Multi-line border. 23 x 13.1 cm.
When I was a little moke, I used to stay at home (4 vs. and chor.) Air: Cars on the track. By Charlie Hall., Variant: a. [Publ.] De Marsan (3). De Marsan Ethiopian border. 26.5 x 15.7 cm., Variant: b. Cop: 1864, Charles Magnus, SDN.Y.; adv: 500 Illustrated Ballads [publ.] Magnus (2). Letter paper; blue ink; hdpc. Magnus 196, col.; publ. Magnus (1) [imprint on left side of hdpc.]. 20.4 x 12.7 cm., Variant: c. [As above, but with imprint on right side of hdpc] 20.3 x 12.5 cm., Variant: d. Adv: Ten illustrated Songs, publ. Magnus (1). Letter paper; hdpc. Magnus 222a, col. 20.4 x 12.8 cm., Variant: e. Sheet no 1192; publ. Wrigley (1). Wrigley Ethiopian border. 21.4 x 13 cm., Variant: f. [As above, but without imprint.] 22.9 x 15.1 cm.
The valentine shows two men. One reclines with his mouth open, and the other stands above him about to pull a tooth out. Both men have disheveled hair and pained expressions., Text: A Dentist here makes teeth of bone / For those whom Fate has left without; / And finds provision for his own / By pulling other people's out., Provenance: McAllister, John A. (John Allister), 1822-1896, collector.
George Herr, born ca. 1843 in Germany, worked as a lithographer, printer, engraver, and painter in Philadelphia 1860-ca. 1910. His family immigrated to the United States by 1848; the year his younger brother Charles was born in Pennsylvania. By 1860 George was a lithographer's apprentice in Philadelphia living with his parents Jacob (b. ca. 1801) and Margaret (b. ca. 1812) and brother in Ward 20. George continued in the lithographic and printing trade and resided with his mother in Kensington at 1532 Thompson Street (Ward 29) after his father's death by 1880. George lived at 1001 Vine Street in Center City (Ward 10) in the 1890s, and boarded alone in many locations until his death on October 15, 1920, with his last address at 4325 Pine Street.
Date
ca. 1843-October 15, 1920
Location
Philadelphia on Stone Biographical Dictionary of Lithographers
Sample image scanned from: Wolf 2219f, One of 297 song sheet headpiece designs identified by Edwin Wolf in his bibliography, American Song Sheets, Slip Ballads and Poetical Broadsides Collection, 1850-1870: A Catalogue of the Collection of the Library Company of Philadelphia (Philadelphia: Library Company of Philadelphia, 1963).
Exterior view of the Methodist Episcopal church at West Mount Pleasant Avenue and Bryan Street in Mount Airy., Sheet number: 50B06., Undivided back. Post marked 1907., Digitized with funding from a grant from the National Endowment for the Humanities (PW-506-19-10), 2010-2012.
Creator
Brightbill, George M., collector.
Date
ca. 1907
Location
Library Company of Philadelphia | Print Department Brightbill postcards [Churches - Miscellaneous - 50]
Sweet Maryland, thy groves are green (3 vs.) [Sold by] Louis Bonsai; adv: Books Re-Bound and Blanks [sic] Books made to Order. T. o. border. 22.6 x 14.9 cm.
Contains exterior views of the orphanage building constructed in 1879 for the elderly and the new annex built circa 1896 by Carl Berger. Also depicts boys gardening on the property., Sheet number: 100B07., Undivided backs., Digitized with funding from a grant from the National Endowment for the Humanities (PW-506-19-10), 2010-2012.
Creator
Brightbill, George M., collector.
Date
ca. 1905
Location
Library Company of Philadelphia | Print Department Brightbill postcards [Germantown - Buildings - 100]
Interior view of sanctuary of the African Methodist Episcopal church at North 16th Street and Fairmount Avenue in Philadelphia., Rev. Oliver W.H. Childers was minister when postcard was issued., Sheet number: 50B01., Undivided back., Digitized with funding from a grant from the National Endowment for the Humanities (PW-506-19-10), 2010-2012.
Creator
Brightbill, George M., collector.
Date
ca. 1905
Location
Library Company of Philadelphia | Print Department Brightbill postcards [Churches - Miscellaneous - 50]
Horatio J. Kurtz, born ca. 1844 in Pennsylvania, worked as an artist and lithographer in Philadelphia ca. 1859-ca. 1900. Kurtz entered the lithographic trade as an apprentice to William Rease with whom he lived ca. 1859-ca. 1860 at 1440 Marshall Street. During the Civil War, Kurtz served in the Pennsylvania infantry (1864-65), and in 1867 entered into a partnership with his former master artisan Rease. The known work of the business, which lasted about a year, includes the souvenir advertisement print "City of Philadelphia, 1867.", A year later, Kurtz worked as an artist at 413 Chestnut Street, one of the 1867 addresses for Duval, Swander & Co. Kurtz remained in the trade through the 1870s and 1880s, including the 1877 partnership Kurtz & Brother (Fifth and Chestnut Streets) and his own firm at 605 Sansom Street where he produced a ca. 1880 advertisement for Simes Storage. Despite some professional success - Kurtz owned $1000 worth of real estate in 1870 as a "sign painter"- the lithographer 's personal life was marred by the publicly reported abuse of his wife Lois (b. ca. 1848) who filed for divorce in 1881 after 14 years of marriage., According to city directories, Kurtz also worked as a clerk during the 1880s, as well as as a salesman in 1890. For the 1910 census, Kurtz listed his occupation as artist, although earlier in the decade he filed for his Civil War pension under the status "invalid." According to his pension records, Kurtz died on January 1, 1917 in New Brunswick, N.J.
Date
b. ca. 1844-January 1, 1917
Location
Philadelphia on Stone Biographical Dictionary of Lithographers
Image: A racist depiction of an African American man's head replaces the top of an eye dropper, which rests on a bottle labeled "Black drop.", Verse 50: A popular medicine used by the C.S.A. aristocracy, that cannot be obtained in any northern apothecary shop, being com-pound-ed, exclusively on the sacred soil., Provenance: McAllister, John A. (John Allister), 1822-1896, collector
Block numbered in two places: 6019., Round image of what appears to be a mother figure feeding a baby in bed or in a chair., “N.J. Wemmer. 215 Pear St. Phila.” – Back of block. Nelson J. Wemmer is listed at this address in Philadelphia city directories from 1861 to 1876.
Ye, Sons of New-Jersey, the Free and the Brave (12 vs.) By J.D. Long, Private of Company D.; publ. De Marsan (3). De Marsan ship border, with war scenes in lower corners. 26 x 16 cm.
Scrapbook of dated textual and illustrated newspaper clippings describing the history, society, built environment, and political climate of Philadelphia, ca. 1830-ca. 1860.
Sample image scanned from: Wolf 2182e, One of 297 song sheet headpiece designs identified by Edwin Wolf in his bibliography, American Song Sheets, Slip Ballads and Poetical Broadsides Collection, 1850-1870: A Catalogue of the Collection of the Library Company of Philadelphia (Philadelphia: Library Company of Philadelphia, 1963).
The valentine shows two fashionable women holding hands. They wear gowns and have upturned noses. The valentine condemns the women for their slander, gossip, and spleen [i.e., their ill temper]., Text: Envenomed, tattling, mischievous souls, / Whose breath with slander onward rolls, / Your tongues keep going like a bell, / But never knew the truth to tell. / The purer the mark, the bolder your attack, / And always deceitful behind one's back; / On all you vent your spleen and ire, / Your home should be "the place of fire.", Provenance: McAllister, John A. (John Allister), 1822-1896, collector.
XQh! give me but my Arab steed, a shield and falchion bright (2 vs.) 2nd song: "Our Boy Is a Warrior Now."; [publ.] De Marsan (3). De Marsan Ethiopian border. 25.5 x 15.5 cm.
Napolitaine, lam dreaming of thee (2 vs.), Variant: a. As sung by Carncross, at Sanford's Opera House; 2nd song: "Happy Moments"; publ. Auner (3). A-J border. 23.2 x 15 cm., Variant: b. Sheet no. 474; publ. Wrigley (1) [with 2nd imprint within border;] [COLUMBIA'S GLORIOUS RULLING LIBERTY on recto.] Wrigley military cupid border, col. 23 x 15.6 cm.
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